Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
21-1091 Health Educators
Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Collect and analyze data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs. Excludes "Community Health Workers" (21-1094).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 58,780 |
1.6 % |
$28.68 |
$59,660 |
0.6 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$15.40 |
$19.13 |
$26.07 |
$35.90 |
$47.37 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$32,030 |
$39,800 |
$54,220 |
$74,660 |
$98,530 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
13,150 |
0.24 |
$31.87 |
$66,290 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
7,310 |
0.13 |
$25.60 |
$53,260 |
| Individual and Family Services |
4,820 |
0.20 |
$21.63 |
$44,990 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
4,100 |
0.44 |
$28.01 |
$58,250 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
3,720 |
0.17 |
$25.74 |
$53,550 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Top paying industries for this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
3,210 |
0.16 |
$49.30 |
$102,550 |
| Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers |
50 |
0.01 |
$37.87 |
$78,770 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only) |
300 |
0.08 |
$37.34 |
$77,670 |
| Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals |
380 |
0.14 |
$36.23 |
$75,370 |
| Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |
210 |
0.05 |
$35.79 |
$74,440 |
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
7,830 |
0.46 |
1.13 |
$31.25 |
$65,000 |
| New York |
4,640 |
0.49 |
1.22 |
$27.41 |
$57,010 |
| Florida |
3,550 |
0.41 |
1.01 |
$26.21 |
$54,520 |
| Georgia |
2,650 |
0.60 |
1.49 |
$41.08 |
$85,440 |
| Texas |
2,470 |
0.20 |
0.50 |
$26.24 |
$54,580 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Alaska |
290 |
0.92 |
2.26 |
$30.19 |
$62,800 |
| District of Columbia |
630 |
0.89 |
2.18 |
$42.34 |
$88,060 |
| New Mexico |
690 |
0.85 |
2.10 |
$26.08 |
$54,240 |
| Maine |
520 |
0.85 |
2.10 |
$23.80 |
$49,510 |
| Maryland |
2,250 |
0.84 |
2.07 |
$37.42 |
$77,820 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
630 |
0.89 |
2.18 |
$42.34 |
$88,060 |
| Georgia |
2,650 |
0.60 |
1.49 |
$41.08 |
$85,440 |
| Rhode Island |
230 |
0.48 |
1.19 |
$37.83 |
$78,680 |
| Maryland |
2,250 |
0.84 |
2.07 |
$37.42 |
$77,820 |
| Hawaii |
360 |
0.56 |
1.39 |
$35.69 |
$74,230 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
3,340 |
0.35 |
0.86 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
2,610 |
0.43 |
1.05 |
$31.49 |
$65,500 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,590 |
0.83 |
2.04 |
$41.33 |
$85,960 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,240 |
0.84 |
2.06 |
$43.57 |
$90,620 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,580 |
0.57 |
1.41 |
$31.63 |
$65,780 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,540 |
0.64 |
1.57 |
$33.09 |
$68,830 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1,380 |
0.30 |
0.73 |
$27.78 |
$57,790 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
1,050 |
0.51 |
1.26 |
$26.34 |
$54,780 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
1,040 |
0.40 |
0.98 |
$27.87 |
$57,970 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
990 |
0.51 |
1.24 |
$27.61 |
$57,420 |
United States Department of Labor
